Trump announces mutual tariffs
Donald Trump has announced that he has signed a memorandum ordering mutual tariffs and asked his trade advisers to calculate new tariff levels in all countries.
Orders are a big question, and what are the major overhauls of the current trading system?
“Whatever the country claims the United States, we charge them. Trump said Thursday from his oval office. “It’s so simple. No one knows what the number is. You If we go to individual countries…and you see what they are charging us, and in almost every case they charge far more than we charge them.
“The day is over,” he said.
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14.06 EST
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Joan Gleeve
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, defended a vote in support of Robert F. Kennedy’s appointment as Democrats denounced new cabinet members over past anti-vaccine comments.
“Every president deserves a team,” Graham said in a statement. “We look forward to working with RFK JR to improve the quality of life and health of America.”
Graham and 51 other Senate Republicans joined all Senate Democrats in opposition to his confirmation, pushing Kennedy’s nomination to the finish line.
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We are still waiting for Trump to announce his new tariff slate. Please note that the announcement was originally promised on Tuesday or Wednesday and had to be pushed back.
“Today is a big thing,” Trump said today, and White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt confirmed earlier this morning that Trump will speak at 1pm, saying, “He strongly believes this.” I said.
But even so, the exact details about what these tariffs were vague. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro even told CNN that the announcement could be an investigation into how mutual tariffs are implemented.
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13.43 EST
Trump was hoping to announce mutual tariffs
Trump is expected to speak to reporters about new mutual tariffs in minutes at 1pm ET.
He hasn’t given many details about these new tariffs, but Trump said that mutual tariffs “where the country pays so much or accuses us a lot and we do the same.” He said he saw it as.
“They will accuse us, we will accuse them,” Trump said at a press conference with Prime Minister Isba.
Here’s a bit of a review of the tariffs Trump has already introduced. There will be a new 10% tariff on all imports from China, and a global 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports. Trump suspended the 25% tariff that was supposed to apply to all imports in Canada and Mexico until March 4th.
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13.07 EST
Progressive Blast House GOP Plan for Large Expense Reduction, Bigger Tax Reduction
Joan Gleeve
Progressive lawmakers are covering the blueprint of House Republicans’ newly released budgets.
At a press conference hosted by a billionaire group family this morning, Rep. Greg Cassal, a Texas Democrat and chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said the Republican proposal was “from working-class Americans.” “It’s theft of the stolen.” -rich”.
“Hospital Republicans will be taking medical care and food from those who need it to give billionaires a massive tax credit,” Kasar said. “Republicans choose to fight working Americans, and I think that’s destined for Republicans to lose.”
Given a razor-like majority of Republicans, they will move forward with budget proposals as hard-working lawmakers demand more spending cuts and Democrats appear to be united against the plan. It remains very unknown if this can be done.
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The White House said its goal is that between 5% and 10% of federal workers are accepting the acquisition, which would amount to hundreds of thousands of acquisitions.
Still, White House spokesman Caroline Leavitt commented to reporters in a brief comment Thursday morning, after the Human Resources Administration announced that 75,000 federal employees had accepted the offer to buy, according to the White House. It seemed to be saying, “It hit the number we wanted.”
“It’s going to save millions of dollars for American taxpayers, and that’s exactly what we wanted,” Leavitt said.
On Wednesday, a federal judge lifted a suspension on a program called “Road Fork” after unions representing federal employees sued the Trump administration for lack of status.
The acquisition offer was sent to 2.3 million employees working for the federal government. People working for the military or the US Postal Service have been excluded from the program.
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12.38 EST
Joan Gleeve
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, attacked a Republican colleague and confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services.
“It’s a big mistake to have Kennedy take charge of public health for the public,” Warren said in a new statement.
“If dangerous diseases resurface and people have no access to life-saving vaccines, all Americans will suffer. And thanks to his serious, unresolved conflict of interest, the RFK JR family has said he will be able to make a difference. While in office, I was able to continue to be richer from his anti-vaccine crusades.”
Warren raised serious concerns about Kennedy’s potential conflict of interest during his confirmation hearing, but all Senate Republicans except for Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell still support his nomination. Ta.
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Polio Survivor Mitch McConnell says he opposed Kennedy about his vaccine views
Former Republican Senate Speaker Mitch McConnell said he refused to vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation as health secretary over vaccine skepticism.
“I am a childhood polio survivor. In my lifetime, I have seen vaccines save millions of lives from catastrophic diseases in America and around the world. I oppose Kennedy’s confirmation. McConnell, a Republican who voted for, said:
“Individuals, parents and families have the right to promote healthier countries and demand potential scientific guidance on disease prevention and treatment. However, records of human trafficking in dangerous conspiracy theories and public. Erosion of trust in sanitation agencies does not have the right to lead these important efforts.”
This is the second time McConnell has opposed one of Trump’s candidates multiple times. Yesterday he voted against confirming Tarshi Gabbard as director of national intelligence.
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11.51 EST
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as Secretary of Health
The Senate has confirmed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Republican lawmakers have ignored Democrats’ objections to the embrace of vaccine and nutrition conspiracy theories.
The vote nearly broke along the party line, with 52 Republicans in favor and 48 Democrats opposed. Former GOP leader Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote for no.
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11.34 EST
The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with the appointment of Kash Patel to lead the FBI
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted for the former Kash Patel nomination for FBI director despite Democrats’ concerns about using the bureau to investigate Donald Trump’s opponents.
The vote was broken along the party line, with all 12 Republicans voting in favor and all 10 Democrats opposed. Patel must now be confirmed by the entire Senate.
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Updated on 11.10 EST
Joan Gleeve
The Democrat senator has held the floor early this morning since yesterday and expressed his anger over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s next appointment as secretary to the Department of Health and Human Services.
In a bed speech given just after midnight, California Democrat Adam Schiff warned that Kennedy would “not make America healthy again.”
“But his ignorance of science could make people sick again, take them out of the treatment they need again, shut down hospitals again, and discourage young people from entering science again. Not,” Schiff said.
“He may just be. When it comes to our health, we cannot confirm anyone willing to strive to be the enemy of truth. We vote to make sure our lives depend on it. It needs to be because for so many Americans, that’s what they do.”
Yesterday, when she grabbed the floor, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, claimed that Americans “didn’t vote to get back the measles,” and that his past anti-vaccines He attacked Kennedy with comments.
“Kennedy’s actions speaks more eloquently than his latest words,” Warren said. “And again and again, Kennedy has shown us who he is. He is an anti-science conspiracy peddler who wants to bet on American life. We’ve seen him as a I know who it is. You need to be careful.”
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Hegseth holds press conference at NATO Defense Ministers’ meeting
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses will be asking questions in minutes from Brussels. There I meet with my counterparts from my NATO allies.
Hegus should be asked about Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday that he agreed to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. There is another live blog covering press conferences (and European news in general). You can follow here.
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Senate will begin voting to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as US health manager
The Senate has begun voting for the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
He is expected to be confirmed by party lineage votes in Republican-controlled rooms. Democrats vowed to reject Kennedy in a conspiracy theory embrace, including several that deal with vaccine efficacy.
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